| Summary: | Background: Attachment is a mutual bond between mother and child that occurs in
the early days of life and extends to other caregivers. Secure attachment is due to the
interaction between the child and significant caregivers. Secure attachment is useful
for the development of psychological health, cognitive, emotional, and social
development of a child. Replacement of the main caregiver (mother) to substitute
caregiver affects the sensitivity of parenting that will ultimately affect the quality of
child�s attachment.
Objective: To determine differences in the quality of attachment to children aged 3-5
years based on substitute caregivers and to determine the relationship of parenting
sensitivity to the attachment quality of migrant workers� children in East Lombok
District.
Methods: This was an observational study with a cross sectional design with
quantitative and qualitative approaches. The independent variables were substitute
caregivers and parenting sensitivity and the dependent variable was quality of
attachment. Parenting sensitivity was measured by making observations based on the
Caregiver Interaction Scale and child�s attachment was measured by Attachment QSet
(AQS). Based on total population sampling, the sample in this study was 136
pairs of children and caregivers. The bivariable analysis used independent t-test and
Product Moment correlation test and the multivariable analysis used linear regression.
Results: There was no difference in the child's attachment to his/her aunt and
grandmother as a substitute caregiver, but there was a positive relationship between
parenting sensitivity of substitute caregivers to child�s attachment. The results of
linear regression analysis showed that the age of the child when the mother left him
had a significant relationship with the child�s attachment. The child who was left at
the age more than 24 months had greater attachment 19.34% than that left at the age
of less than or equal to 24 months (with a coefficient of 24.21).
Conclusion: There was no significant difference in child's attachment to grandmother
and aunt as a substitute caregiver
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